Service Writer

**ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITY?**

Brandt is a world-leading equipment dealer powered by iconic brands and unrivalled support. We are a global team with one shared purpose with dealerships across Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. It's our mission to enable our customers to succeed by providing practical and reliable equipment solutions. Our customers count on Brandt to keep them moving forward, and we meet that challenge with remarkable customer service and industry-leading brand John Deere.

**About the company**:
Our Feilding branch is seeking a Service Administrator to join the service team. This position is for you if you have experience in mechanical workshop environments and excellent customer service and time management skills. Ideally, you will have mechanical acumen and strong communication skills, ensuring you can effectively support our service manager in coordinating the service department.

**What does the role look like?**
- Be the front-facing person for the service department and provide best-in-class customer service.
- Assign jobs and work orders to employees according to their skills and knowledge.
- Ensure a superior customer experience by translating prospective and current customer' concerns into specific actions for the Service Department.
- Engages with the customer to explain the work performed and the related costs; resolves customer concerns or escalates concerns to the Location Manager if required.
- Proactively follows up and advises customers of any deviations from the original estimate regarding timing or costs as required.
- Ensuring all pre-authorisations and pre-inspections are complete before initiating repairs.
- Maintaining current and accurate customer job files/work orders, including opening work orders, posting technician's time to work orders., and posting technician's comments.
- Reconciling technician's time to payroll time capture processes and submit to payroll.
- Maintaining work order details log daily.
- Preparing all Warranty and product improvement program claims and monitoring warranty receivables.
- Develops and maintains follow-up processes regarding work completed to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Follow all safety rules and regulations when performing any duties you are asked to undertake.
- Previous agriculture or automotive industry experience would be an advantage, but it is not essential.

**What are we looking for?**
- A positive, helpful, flexible and supportive disposition.
- experience in a mechanical environment.
- Sound knowledge and use of the Microsoft Office suite.
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise.
- A collaborative approach, adhering to company values.

**What's in it for you?**
- Competitive remuneration.
- Employee Pricing on John Deere goods for personal use.
- A great work culture.

**Please note that we have multiple roles across our branches - for a full list, please check out our website: Brandt Careers | Jobs at Brandt